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@inittab giants iatent @ffice Letters Patent No. 73,904, dated January 28T, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

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T0 ALL .WHOM IT MAYy CON CERN 13e-it known.that I, A. AS. KENDALL, of Guilford, in the county of Piscataquis, and State of Maine, have invented a Horse Hay-Gatherer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

--Tofenable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will prioceed to describe its nature, construction, and operation. I v

The nature of my invention consists in providing the rake-teeth of' a hay-gatherer with an arrangementfor lifting the teeth over any obstacle thatv may be met with; also in constructing a hay-gatherer that, while it is moved forward, the hay collected on the teeth of the machine is drawn or gathered into the receptacle behind.

Drawings.

Figure is a. side elevation of my improved hay-gatherer.

Figure 2 is a plan ofthe same.

Figure 3 is a vertical section.

. Figure 4 shows an elevation of one of the teeth, with the rake-point as it appears when meeting withan obstruction. p

Figure 5 shows a tooth with the rake-point extended.

Figure 6 shows a vertical section of the collecting and gathering-in arrangement;

A, gs. 1 and 2, represents the body ofthe gatherer, which is supported upon a single axle, not shown in th`e drawings. The axle is so arranged that it is free to revolve when it is desirable, or it may remain stationary, and the wheels W W revolve on it. These wheels W are connected with the axle by means ofthe toothed -couplings D D, figs. 2 and 3. These couplings are operated by the levers E E, connecting-hars F F, and handlevcr G, iig. 3. When it is desirable that the axle should revolve with the wheels, and thus operate the cranks C C, the couplings D D are thrown into gear iby the hand-lever G. i Attached to the axle at each end are two cranks, C C, that revolve and operate, through the links L L, thc sliding frame M, to which the rake-teeth N N, Etc., figs. 1, 2, and 6, are attached. P P P, die., represent the rake-teeth by which vthe hay is rst taken from the ground, and are of a peculiar construction, as represented in figs. 1, 4, 5, and 6. The principal tooth, P, has attached to its lower extremity a small secondary tooth, Q, which is capable o'sliding longitudinally under its principal, but is usually throwuout by means ofthe spring R, as shown in fig. 5; but in case itmcets with any obstacle, as shown in iig. 4, it is pushed back, which action ,bulges out the spring R, which, pressing upon the ground, has a tendency to raisel up thejtooth and let it glide over the obstacle. S, figs. 1, 3, and 6, is a bar upon which rest all of the rake-teeth P, Ste. This bar is supported by two hangers, T T, by means of which, and the levers U U, all ot'A the teeth may be raised from the ground. The levers U U are operated by the feet f the driver, who sits on the seat X. The teeth P P swing upon the rod a, fig. 6. The rear end of the hay-receptacle is closed by a swinging door, J, figs. 1 and 2, which is pivotcd at b, fig. 1, and is opened or shut by the hand-lever H, acting through the link I. The bottomof the receptacle is closed hya pivoted door, B, which is operated bythe bent hand-lever K and the link L. This bottom doorB rests on a. small projection on the lower end of the door J, so that the door B drops of its own accord when the door Ji the hay gathered into the receptacle by the rake N O figs. I and 6, is deposited.

The machine' is operated as follows: In being driven forward the hay is collected upon the teeth P. The hay-gatherer N O is moved backwards and forwards over the teeth P, by the revolution of the wheels acting through the cranks C and links L L, and in this manner fathers all the hay upon the teeth P into the receptacle, whch,vwhen filled, may be 'emptied at any desired place. This operation ot' discharging the contents of the receptacle is performed by working the lever H, which, opening the door .I on tho pivot In, releases the bottom door B, which immediately falls and deposit-s the hay collected.

The principal'novclty ot' my invention consists in the construction of the belts P Q, and applying to a hayrake or gatherer the hauling-in arrangement M N O, worked asshown and described.

Having thusdescribed my invent-ion, I will now proceed to set forth my claim. A

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

1. The rake-teeth, in combination with the secondary teeth Q and spring R, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. The rakc-tccth P and secondary teeth Q, in combination with the hay-gatherer M N O, operating as setforth, for hauling thc hay into the receptacle, substantially as described.

A. s. KENDALL. Witnesses:

Enwm O. C oLE, Hasn S. Mannino. 

